Summer Rains Dampen Expectations For Wild-Rice Crop

by | Aug 6, 2013

Wet weather has taken its toll on this year’s wild-rice crop according to a local expert. Lynn Riese of Canadian Lakes Wild Rice says northern Saskatchewan received a lot of rain this summer and it can’t take much more: “Well it’s not looking good in a lot of places....

Search Continues For Missing Girls

by | Aug 6, 2013

The search continues for two teenage girls who ran away from a camp site at Devil’s Lake over the weekend. 15 year-old Tristyne Ballantyne and 14 year-old Morgan Hystad were part of a camping excursion when they took off from their site on Saturday, August 3rd. They...

Group Lobbies For “Genocide” Term To Be Adopted By Ottawa

by | Aug 2, 2013

A group of activists is lobbying the federal government to adopt the term genocide when describing Canada’s historical treatment of First Nations people. The three activists include former Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine, former executive director of the...

Campaign Launched To Protect Female Aboriginal Hitchhikers

by | Aug 2, 2013

The RCMP is joining forces with the Native Women’s Association to raise awareness over the dangers of hitchhiking. Superintendent Tyler Bates says hitchhiking can be potentially dangerous, but there some safety precautions you can take. Bates says carrying a...

Premier Says Saskatchewan Will Weather Potash Downtown

by | Aug 2, 2013

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he doesn’t anticipate much Aboriginal opposition to a proposed new oil pipeline through the province that will move oil from Western Canada to eastern refineries. TransCanada Pipeline announced plans for the new $12 billion pipeline...

Fond du Lac Forest Fire Evacuees Back Home

by | Aug 1, 2013

Residents of Fond du Lac are back home — and with help from the weather, they should be able to stay. About 240 people from the community were flown to Prince Albert on the weekend because of heavy smoke caused by fires on the south side of Lake Athabasca. The...